Lake Burley Griffin
Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was created in 1963 by the damming of the Molonglo River, which formerly ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle.
- Type: Lake
- Description: man-made lake in Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “West Lake”, “Барли Грифин”, “Језеро Берли Грифин”, and “伯利格里芬湖”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Springbank Island and Spinnaker Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Mountain Peninsula and Acton.
Lake Burley Griffin
- Categories: artificial lake and body of water
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.28917° or 35° 17′ 21″ south
Longitude
149.1064° or 149° 6′ 23″ east
Elevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)
Open location code
4RPFP464+8H
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lake Burley Griffin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة بيرلي جريفين”
- Catalan: “Burley Griffin”
- Cebuano: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Chinese: “伯利·格里芬湖”
- Czech: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Dutch: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Esperanto: “lago Burley Griffin”
- Esperanto: “Lago Burley Griffin”
- Estonian: “Burley Griffini järv”
- French: “lac Burley Griffin”
- French: “Lac Burley Griffin”
- German: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Hebrew: “אגם בארלי גריפין”
- Hungarian: “Burley Griffin-tó”
- Italian: “lago Burley Griffin”
- Italian: “Lago Burley Griffin”
- Japanese: “バーリー・グリフィン湖”
- Korean: “벌리그리핀호”
- Macedonian: “Берли Грифин”
- Minangkabau: “Danau Burley Griffin”
- Polish: “Jezioro Burley-Griffin”
- Polish: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Portuguese: “lago Burley Griffin”
- Portuguese: “Lago Burley Griffin”
- Russian: “Берли-Гриффин”
- Russian: “Бёрли-Гриффин”
- Serbian: “Berli Grifin”
- Serbian: “Берли Грифин”
- Spanish: “lago Burley Griffin”
- Spanish: “Lago Burley Griffin”
- Swedish: “Lake Burley Griffin”
- Turkish: “Burley Griffin Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Берлі-Гриффін”
- Urdu: “برلے گرفن جھیل”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Burley Griffin”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Canberra and Yarralumla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: West Lake and Sullivans Creek.
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